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... better illustration of the error in question , than may be found in some of our popular hymns . Even Watts , the great master of our public praise , is by no means always in keeping with that blessed book from which he has derived his ...
... better illustration of the error in question , than may be found in some of our popular hymns . Even Watts , the great master of our public praise , is by no means always in keeping with that blessed book from which he has derived his ...
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... better than the grossest paganism . Let religion have place , its entrance and discipline amidst our common affairs ; and the fountain will be pure and full , and the streams abnndant for the life of the world ! - SERMON I. THE FOWLS OF ...
... better than the grossest paganism . Let religion have place , its entrance and discipline amidst our common affairs ; and the fountain will be pure and full , and the streams abnndant for the life of the world ! - SERMON I. THE FOWLS OF ...
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... better than they ? Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature ? And why take ye thought for raiment ? Consider the lilies of the field , how they grow ; they toil not , neither do they spin : And yet I say unto ...
... better than they ? Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature ? And why take ye thought for raiment ? Consider the lilies of the field , how they grow ; they toil not , neither do they spin : And yet I say unto ...
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... better than we , with their powerful and rapid wing . It is equally near to us at home and abroad . It is equally plenty to the rich and the poor . We neither sow it nor reap it , nor gather it , nor prepare it for our use ; nor toil ...
... better than we , with their powerful and rapid wing . It is equally near to us at home and abroad . It is equally plenty to the rich and the poor . We neither sow it nor reap it , nor gather it , nor prepare it for our use ; nor toil ...
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... better than they ? - If God so clothe the grass of the field , which to - day is , and to - morrow is cast into the oven , shall he not much more clothe you , Oh ye of little faith ? THE proper end for which our Savior calls us to ...
... better than they ? - If God so clothe the grass of the field , which to - day is , and to - morrow is cast into the oven , shall he not much more clothe you , Oh ye of little faith ? THE proper end for which our Savior calls us to ...
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Page 104 - He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall; but they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
Page 86 - Bless the LORD, ye his angels, That excel in strength, that do his commandments, Hearkening unto the voice of his word.
Page 70 - And thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.
Page 68 - Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau : for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, and the mother with the children. And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.
Page 117 - And he said, This will I do : I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods. And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years ; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.
Page 143 - Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee. Then shall the earth yield her increase; and God, even our own God, shall bless us. God shall bless us; and all the ends of the earth shall fear him.
Page 130 - Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded; but ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof: I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh...
Page 13 - Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? For after all these things do the Gentiles seek : for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you.
Page 13 - Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith? Therefore take no thought, saying. What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
Page 70 - LORD, how are they increased that trouble me ! many are they that rise up against me. 2 Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God.